Friday, July 26, 2013

Meet a wonderful author - Cheryl Therrien and her book "Letters From Gramma "

***I'm thrilled to be able to welcome Cheryl Therrien to Believe! today. She is a lovely lady with a wonderful book full of heartfelt messages.

My heartfelt thanks goes out to Mimi for welcoming to her
blog today. She is a Triberr tribe mate and I am so glad to have made her
acquaintance.

Today I would like to share with you a book that is near and
dear to my heart, ‘Letters From Grandma: Before You Were Born’. I recently
became a grandmother for the first time. This book was written in honor of that
milestone in my life.

When my son first told me that I was going to be a
grandmother I was thrilled. What happened next may surprise you. I began to
think about what I wanted my grandchild to know and how I would relay that
information if I was not around to do it personally. Sounds morbid, I know. But
if you really think about it no one knows when their time is up. I could walk
across the street and get hit by bus and there would be no tomorrow. The writer
in me immediately thought of writing letters.

I began the task of writing letters that would convey the
values I thought were important for my grandchild to understand. Choose your
friends wisely. Believe in yourself. Take care of your health. The kind of
values that are meaningful to everyone.

This book is comprised of those letters and can be read at
any time in the future and remain relevant. When my grandchild is a teenager he
can read these letters and know without a doubt how much he was and is wanted
and loved. Doesn’t everyone need that kind of reassurance at some point in
their lives? This book is written in such a way that any parent or grandparent
can pick it up and find it relevant to them.

Writing these letters changed my life. I realize just how
precious time is and not to take it for granted. My grandchild will have this
book of letters to remind him of me and all the things I wanted him to know,
most importantly how much he was and is loved.